OMG that booju post is so wtf-worthy, it killed some brain cells to read that scenario alone.
Also - I have never read Piers Anthony, but...from reading the comments, his books are intended for adolescents/teenagers/young adults? UM. WHAT. HOW HAS HE NOT BEEN ARRESTED, I MEAN. AMERICANS WILL BAN A DICTIONARY BUT ARE OKAY WITH GRAPHIC VICTIM-BLAMING PEDOPHILIA?? I AM SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW. :(
I know exactly right, like. Let's see: a book about two women falling in love; or one where a 5 year-old girl describes being raped and claiming she likes in in front of judge and jury. HMMM THE LATTER ONE IS CLEARLY MORALLY BETTER, I MEAN. WOMEN FALLING IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER? THAT'S PERVERTED.
Read some of the Xanth stuff decades ago, before they took over (now I understand his surprising popularity).
They were shelves in the sf section: they weren't and aren't to be found in YA sections (which are separate in US bookstores).
But there is the general sense that sf is for adolescents (cultural attitude in the US), and the cover art of his (that I recall) are all comic-booky, and many of the protagonists are adolescent/YA (apparently he wrote younger after I stopped reading), so yeah, I'd imagine people would assume they were ok.
But probably because they never read the stuff--I quit reading after half a dozen Xanth or so ones because the fixation on women's panties was, frankly, creeping me out.
But there is the general sense that sf is for adolescents (cultural attitude in the US), and the cover art of his (that I recall) are all comic-booky, and many of the protagonists are adolescent/YA (apparently he wrote younger after I stopped reading), so yeah, I'd imagine people would assume they were ok.
OH, yeah okay - that makes more sense to me. Not intended for kids; but like with cartoons, parents seem to believe that anything illustrated = 100% child-friendly.
I quit reading after half a dozen Xanth or so ones because the fixation on women's panties was, frankly, creeping me out.
Hmmmmyeah. Clearly, many other people aren't creeped out, given this author's popularity? Which suddenly explains a lot about the general skeevy atmospheres of sci-fi gatherings.
Clearly, many other people aren't creeped out, given this author's popularity? Which suddenly explains a lot about the general skeevy atmospheres of sci-fi gatherings. Clearly I should stick to Wiscon then?
EEEE this'll be my first time going to Wiscon, this year! SHALL I SEE YOU THERE? Then we can perv over LGBT fiction together, like the dirty, dirty pervs we are! XD
The 'skeevy atmosphere' is something that I've experienced a fair bit, and now I refuse to go to some of the larger regional SF cons in my area. Hi - I go to discuss issues in SF/F, not to be stared at and/or treated as a curiosity.
And the booju post reminded me of this middle class clueless white idgit who was telling me that poor people were lazy people and why didn't they save for retirement and have 401ks. At which point i had to school the ignoramus on the subject of what wages are like. *headdesk* I dont suppose I should be surprised. Popular entertainment on tv only focuses on middle class and rich people, except to point out poor people as irresponsible charity needing poverty struck one dimensional idiots.
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Also - I have never read Piers Anthony, but...from reading the comments, his books are intended for adolescents/teenagers/young adults? UM. WHAT. HOW HAS HE NOT BEEN ARRESTED, I MEAN. AMERICANS WILL BAN A DICTIONARY BUT ARE OKAY WITH GRAPHIC VICTIM-BLAMING PEDOPHILIA?? I AM SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW. :(
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*headdesks massively*
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They were shelves in the sf section: they weren't and aren't to be found in YA sections (which are separate in US bookstores).
But there is the general sense that sf is for adolescents (cultural attitude in the US), and the cover art of his (that I recall) are all comic-booky, and many of the protagonists are adolescent/YA (apparently he wrote younger after I stopped reading), so yeah, I'd imagine people would assume they were ok.
But probably because they never read the stuff--I quit reading after half a dozen Xanth or so ones because the fixation on women's panties was, frankly, creeping me out.
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OH, yeah okay - that makes more sense to me. Not intended for kids; but like with cartoons, parents seem to believe that anything illustrated = 100% child-friendly.
I quit reading after half a dozen Xanth or so ones because the fixation on women's panties was, frankly, creeping me out.
Hmmmmyeah. Clearly, many other people aren't creeped out, given this author's popularity? Which suddenly explains a lot about the general skeevy atmospheres of sci-fi gatherings.
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AWESOME TIMES YAY
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and giggling.
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muahahaa!
Oh wait, I forgot. I am SRS BSNS always.
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